7 Cheap And Easy Things To Do With Spinach

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Published on24th May 2016 at 10.06am

Spinach is the original, and best superfood. Remember Popeye? He downed cans of spinach like they were shots of Glen's Vodka and he was a fresher on the first rugby night out of the year. Spinach did him loads of good. He got weird shaped muscles and got to snog Olive Oyl, who was a total babe.

Over the years though, spinach got kind of a bad rap. It was probably, when you were younger, the last thing you'd want to see on your dinner plate except liver, brussels sprouts and other things Mums were inexplicably into back into the day.

Recently, spinach has come back in a big way. Perfect for salads, baking, soups and dips, spinach is the now actually ordered by grown-ups with their own money at restaurants. Who'd have thunk it?

Here's some easy things you can do with it.

1. Creamy Greek Yoghurt Spinach Dip

Time: 10 minutes.

An excellent way to make your Doritos extra filthy. Even though spinach is like, totally healthy right? Get the full recipe from Ashley Manila.

2. Sauteed Lemon Spinach

Time: 15 minutes.

A good thing to put on the side when you've cooked some fish or chicken. It's the sort of thing posh restaurants serve when you order 'greens'. Get the full recipe from Dinner With The Rollos.